uploader

It is a simple web app to upload file with an html form and a web server. The idea is to be used with a reverse_proxy that add the https, like caddy or nginx.

Use Case

Upload files from mobile devices to servers without installing an app.

Deployment for ubuntu arm64

# build 
GOARCH=arm64 go build .

# copy to your server
scp uploader user@host:~
    
ssh user@host
cd
sudo chmod 755 uploader
sudo chown root:root uploader
sudo mv uploader /usr/local/bin

# create a systemd service 
sudo touch /etc/systemd/system/uploader.service
sudo chmod 664 /etc/systemd/system/uploader.service

# copy all until EOT
sudo tee -a /etc/systemd/system/uploader.service > /dev/null <<EOT
[Unit]
Description=A web app to upload files to the server

[Service]
PIDFile=/run/uploader.pid
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/uploader 
User=
Group=

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOT

# test service run
sudo systemctl start uploader
sudo systemctl status uploader

# if everything looks ok
sudo systemctl enable uploader

HTTPS

Remember if you are not using https your files could be intercepted. I am using caddy

# you have to have a domain name so caddy can create a self signed certificate for https

# for internal lan autohttps use:
# echo 'tls internal' | sudo tee -a /etc/caddy/Caddyfile > /dev/null

# append to your Caddyfile
echo 'reverse_proxy /upload localhost:8080' | sudo tee -a /etc/caddy/Caddyfile > /dev/null

sudo systemctl restart caddy

Notes